TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Lottery announced Friday that Yorjhans Rodriguez Damas, 45, of Tampa, claimed a $1 million prize from the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR scratch-off game at the Lottery’s Tampa District Office.
He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.00.
Rodriguez Damas purchased his winning ticket from Silver 7 Food Mart, located at 1701 West Hillsborough Avenue, in Tampa.
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The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.
The $50 scratch-off game, $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR, launched in February and features two top prizes of $1 million a year for life and 234 prizes of $1 million! This game also features more than $1.6 billion in cash prizes. The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.50.
Scratch-off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 72 percent of ticket sales in fiscal year 2022-2023. Since inception, Scratch-Off games have generated more than $18.39 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
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